Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 914-100, Oliver Fenno, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Fenno, Oliver
B.L.W. 91H-150
CONTENTS

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The heirs of Oliver Fenn — private 7 th Regt. Mass: line —
Warrant ipd May 11 th 1820 —
Hon: James Parker

Henry Jackson Col o 9 th Mass s Reg t
To Oliver Tenno Greeting
Reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, gallant conduct and fidelity do constitute and appoint you to be a Sargeant in the above mentioned Regiment raised for the defence of American Liberty and in every hostile invasion thereof you are therefore carefully and diligently to exercise the 9 th Reg t and to take rank as such from performing all manner of things therein to belonging and in command are hereby required to be Obedient and you are to observe and follow such orders & directions from you may receive from your Commanding officer or officers according to discipline of War in pursuance of the trust reposed in you which this shall ent; Warrant.
Given under my hand and seal this 10 th day of June 1775

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I Freeman Daggott of Industry in the County of Somerset and State of Maine of lawful age, do testify and say, that I was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War in Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line enlisted for the war and served to the close of it and was discharged by Colonel John Brooks now Governor of this Commonwealth, in 1783 - and further declare that Oliver Dennis was a soldier in Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment enlisted for the war and served to close of it
Freeman Daggott
STATE OF Maine } March 21 A. D. 1820 Kennebec COUNTY, ss. }
Personally appeared before me Freeman Daggott above described and made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed, is true; - and I hereby certify that the said Daggott is, in my opinion, a credible and disinterested witness.
William Clark Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Maine } Kennebec COUNTY, ss. } I John Davis Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within said County
do hereby certify that William Clark before whom and at the time when the above acknowledgements and affidavits were made, was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
John Davis
of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark

KNOW all Men by these Presents, That We Jacob Leach of Jay in the County of Oxford, and Sally Leach, wife of said Jacob, and daughter of Simon Leach, late of said Jay deceased, and late a soldier in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line, in the Revolutionary War enlisted for during War and served to the close thereof
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Hon. James Parker of the town of Gardner  State of Maine in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts  Dist. of Maine my legal representative and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and behalf, to demand and receive of and from the Government or agent the land Boundary to which I am entitled by virtue of the several Acts of Congress in consequence of Service rendered the United States as above described
And the said Parker is hereby authorised and directed to execute in my name and behalf the proper receipt and legitimate acquittance for the same, and all other writings, necessary in my name, to make, do, seal and execute in as ample and complete a manner to all intents and purposes as I might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof.—And one or more attorneys or substitutes under him to duly make and appoint, and at pleasure revoke their powers; and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the
contained I hereby irrevocably ratify and confirm. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this tenth day of March A. D. 1820 In presence of Cornelius Halland  Jacob Leach Pelatiah Gibbs  Sally Leach
STATE OF Massachusetts } PERSONALLY APPEARED Jacob Leach COUNTY OF Oxford ss. } Sally Leach, wife of said Jacob to me well known, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the same person described in and who executed the above power of attorney, and the same is his free, voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this tenth day of March A. D. 1820 } Cornelius Halland Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Massachusetts } PERSONALLY APPEARED Jeremiah Stevens Oxford COUNTY, ss. } Jacob Leach and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that they and each of them are personally acquainted with Jacob Leach who has executed the above power of attorney, and well know him to be the person described therein. Jeremiah Stevens Pelatiah Gibbs
Sworn and subscribed before me, this tenth day of March A. D. 1820 and I hereby certify that the above deponents are in my opinion credible witnesses. } Cornelius Halland Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Maine } Thomas Clark Clerk of Oxford COUNTY, ss. } the Judicial Court for said County
do hereby certify that Cornelius Halland before whom and at the time when the above acknowledgements and affidavits were made, was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty — Thomas Clark

STATE OF Maine
Kennebec day of March
COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twelfth
one thousand eight hundred and twenty before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and
for said County, personally appeared
Jacob Leach and made solemn oath in due form of law that to the best of my knowledge and belief Steve Fenno was a Sergeant in Colonel Kenny's  Jackass's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line raised for the war of the Revolution and actually served to the close of the war thereof and was honorable discharged in 1783 - that the Bounty Land to which he is entitled has never been received by him nor by my wife the only heir at law of said Fenno and that his discharge is lost or mislaid Jacob Leach
Sworn and subscribed before me, this twenty fourth day of March A. D. 1820 And I hereby certify the above deponent in my opinion credible witness
William Clark Justice of the peace
STATE OF Maine
Kennebec COUNTY, ss. }
I John Davis Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within &/in said County
do hereby certify that William Clark , before whom and at the time when the above acknowl- edgements and affidavits were made, was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the County Seal
this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
John Davis
Steve Fenno

I hereby certify that I was acquainted with Oliver Fenns who for several years before his death lived in the Town of Jay and was known to his belonging to the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War while stationed in New Jersey and know him to be the same person that was there at that time and place and that he was in the service of the United States Sam Jackson
Oxford Jp March 6 1820
Personally appeared Samuel Jackson and made oaths to the truth of the above instrument by him subscribed
Before me
Ezek. Richardson Justice Peace

Judge of probate certificate for Oliver Farnes heir

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss.
I the undersigned Judge of Probate within and for said County, do hereby certify, and make known that it has been satisfactorily made to appear to me that Sally Leach wife of Jacob Leach now of Jay in said State of Maine is the daughter and one of the heirs at law of Aaron Tenno late of said Jay and late a sergeant in the services of the United States in the Revolutionary war deceased and further that the said Sally now in full life is one of the lawful heirs of said deceased, and claims her dower in the laws of this State.
Given under my hand and the Seal of our court of Probate this Eleventh day of April in the year 1820. D. Foss Judge